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Rockies COL

201787–75 (0.537)Made Playoffs
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GM: Jeff Bridich

Overview

Ranks vs the 30 teams in 2017, or a custom range (defaults to every team-season since 1985, when our data starts).

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Front Office

PoorAverageGreat
Value
Payroll $M
$107M
Surplus $M
+6
Win %
0.537
TAB
+1.5
WAB
+7.6
Roster composition
Roster fWAR
33.4
Dead money %
45%
Depth Players
6.0
Dead WAR
-4.6

Offense

PoorAverageGreat

Pitching & Defense

PoorAverageGreat

Roster

2017 depth chart — stacked by playing time

C

LTony Wolters77
RJonathan Lucroy⇄46
RRyan Hanigan30
RDustin Garneau⇄22
RTom Murphy8

1B

RMark Reynolds138
RIan Desmond27
LRyan McMahon7
LGerardo Parra6
RPat Valaika5
BCristhian Adames1

2B

RDJ LeMahieu153
LAlexi Amarista19
RPat Valaika8
LRyan McMahon4
LTony Wolters4
BCristhian Adames1

3B

RNolan Arenado157
RPat Valaika19
LRyan McMahon3
LAlexi Amarista1
LTony Wolters1

SS

RTrevor Story142
RPat Valaika22
LAlexi Amarista18
RIan Desmond1
BCristhian Adames1

LF

LGerardo Parra82
RIan Desmond66
LRaimel Tapia18
RStephen Cardullo6
RPat Valaika5
LAlexi Amarista5
LMike Tauchman3
RMark Reynolds1

CF

LCharlie Blackmon158
LAlexi Amarista9
LRaimel Tapia6
LMike Tauchman3
RIan Desmond1
LGerardo Parra1

RF

LCarlos González125
LGerardo Parra22
LRaimel Tapia22
LAlexi Amarista9
LMike Tauchman3
RStephen Cardullo2

DH

LCarlos González3
RMark Reynolds3
RPat Valaika2
LGerardo Parra1
LRaimel Tapia1

Starters

RJon Gray3.1 WAR
RGerman Marquez2.4 WAR
LKyle Freeland2.0 WAR
RAntonio Senzatela1.2 WAR
RTyler Chatwood1.0 WAR
RJeff Hoffman0.9 WAR
LTyler Anderson0.8 WAR
RChad Bettis0.4 WAR

Bullpen

★ RGreg Holland41 sv
RAdam Ottavino21 h
LJake McGee20 h
LMike Dunn19 h
RScott Oberg15 h
LChris Rusin12 h
RCarlos Estevez7 h
RJordan Lyles⇄0 h

Each position shows its top 3 by games (top = starter) — click "+more" for the rest. The letter is bats/throws; ⇄ marks a player traded mid-season. Starters are ranked by WAR, bullpen by holds; ★ marks the closer (most save chances). MLB Stats API.

Key additions (new vs 2016)

PlayerfWAR
Kyle Freeland2.0
Antonio Senzatela1.2
Greg Holland1.1
Pat Neshek1.0
Jonathan Lucroy0.7
Mike Dunn0.2

Key subtractions (gone from 2016)

Player2016 fWAR
Boone Logan0.8
Daniel Descalso0.5
Jorge De La Rosa0.4
Jason Gurka0.1
Justin Miller0.1
Matt Carasiti0.0

Contract Value

WAR translated into tier-adjusted market value, then compared with what the player was paid by Rockies. Guaranteed contracts from the 2015-present contract-data period use the known contract period through 2017; everyone else is shown as a 2017 season snapshot.

PlayerPeriodfWARTier Market $MPaid $MSurplus $M$ / WARTierContract
Charlie Blackmon 2017 +5.5 +89.5 7.3 +82.2 $1.3M 2.05× –
Nolan Arenado 2017 +5.8 +65.7 11.8 +54.0 $2.0M 1.43× Arb extension · 2019–2020 · $32.5M AAV
Jon Gray 2017 +3.1 +48.6 0.5 +48.1 $0.2M 1.96× –
Germán Márquez 2017 +2.4 +28.8 0.5 +28.3 $0.2M 1.49× Free Agent · 2026–2027 · $1.8M AAV
DJ LeMahieu 2017 +3.4 +29.0 4.8 +24.2 $1.4M 1.07× –
Kyle Freeland 2017 +2.0 +24.0 0.5 +23.5 $0.3M 1.49× Arb extension · 2022–2026 · $12.9M AAV
Trevor Story 2017 +1.9 +13.7 0.5 +13.1 $0.3M 0.89× Free Agent · 2022–2028 · $23.3M AAV
Jake McGee 2017 +1.5 +16.0 5.9 +10.1 $3.9M 1.34× –
Antonio Senzatela 2017 +1.2 +10.1 0.5 +9.6 $0.4M 1.02× Arb extension · 2022–2026 · $10.1M AAV
Pat Neshek↔ 2017 +1.0 +10.8 2.6 +8.2 $2.5M 1.34× –
Jeff Hoffman 2017 +0.9 +7.2 0.3 +6.8 $0.4M 1.02× Free Agent · 2026–2027 · $11.0M AAV
Chris Rusin 2017 +1.2 +6.6 0.5 +6.0 $0.4M 0.67× –
Tyler Anderson 2017 +0.8 +6.6 0.5 +6.0 $0.7M 1.02× –
Greg Holland 2017 +1.1 +11.7 6.0 +5.7 $5.5M 1.34× –
Tyler Chatwood 2017 +1.0 +8.5 4.4 +4.1 $4.2M 1.02× –
Scott Oberg 2017 +0.8 +4.5 0.5 +3.9 $0.6M 0.67× –
Chad Bettis 2017 +0.4 +3.2 0.5 +2.7 $1.4M 1.02× –
Pat Valaika 2017 +0.7 +3.2 0.5 +2.7 $0.7M 0.61× –
Carlos Estévez 2017 +0.4 +1.9 0.5 +1.3 $1.5M 0.67× Free Agent · 2025–2027 · $11.1M AAV
Mark Reynolds 2017 +0.6 +2.7 1.5 +1.2 $2.5M 0.56× –
Jonathan Lucroy↔ 2017 +0.7 +2.8 2.0 +0.9 $2.9M 0.52× –
Raimel Tapia 2017 +0.2 +1.1 0.3 +0.8 $1.7M 0.83× –
Zac Rosscup↔ 2017 +0.1 +0.3 0.1 +0.2 $2.3M 0.67× –
Ryan McMahon 2017 -0.1 -0.4 0.1 -0.5 – 0.56× Arb extension · 2022–2024 · $11.7M AAV
Gerardo Parra 2017 +1.1 +7.3 8.0 -0.7 $7.3M 0.83× –
Jairo Díaz 2017 -0.0 -0.2 0.5 -0.7 – 0.67× –
Dustin Garneau↔ 2017 -0.1 -0.6 0.3 -0.9 – 0.52× –
Tony Wolters 2017 -0.1 -0.3 0.5 -0.9 – 0.52× –
Mike Tauchman 2017 -0.2 -1.3 0.1 -1.4 – 0.83× –
Cristhian Adames 2017 -0.4 -1.6 0.5 -2.2 – 0.56× –
Tom Murphy 2017 -0.5 -1.9 0.5 -2.4 – 0.52× –
Stephen Cardullo 2017 -0.3 -2.0 0.5 -2.5 – 0.83× –
Adam Ottavino 2017 -0.1 -0.5 2.1 -2.6 – 0.67× –
Mike Dunn 2017 +0.2 +0.9 4.0 -3.1 $24.0M 0.67× –
Chad Qualls 2017 -0.0 -0.2 3.8 -3.9 – 0.67× –
Ryan Hanigan 2017 -0.7 -2.7 1.2 -4.0 – 0.52× –
Jordan Lyles↔ 2017 -0.3 -1.8 2.8 -4.5 – 0.67× –
Alexi Amarista 2017 -1.0 -4.5 1.1 -5.6 – 0.56× –
Ian Desmond 2017 -0.8 -5.4 8.0 -13.4 – 0.83× –
Carlos González 2017 +0.0 +0.3 20.0 -19.7 $445.0M 0.83× –
Shane Carle 2017 +0.0 +0.1 0.1 -0.0 $5.8M 0.67× –
Total—+33.4+381.7106.6+274.6—

Trades

Every graded 2017 deal involving the Rockies — best expected value first. Surplus is realized value in $M; 6 total.

2017 · TEX / COL
TEX · Jon Daniels +$1.6M
Pedro González
COL · Jeff Bridich −$1.6M
Jonathan Lucroy
TEX came out ahead by $1.6M
2017 · BAL / COL
BAL · Dan Duquette +$0.8M
Miguel Castro
COL · Jeff Bridich −$0.8M
Jon Keller
BAL came out ahead by $0.8M
2017 · CHC / COL
CHC · Theo Epstein +$3.2M
Eddie Butler
COL · Jeff Bridich −$3.2M
James Farris
CHC came out ahead by $3.2M
2017 · COL / BAL
COL · Jeff Bridich +$0.0M
cash / PTBNL
BAL · Dan Duquette +$0.0M
Konner Wade
Even trade
2017 · CHC / COL
CHC · Theo Epstein +$0.0M
Matt Carasiti
COL · Jeff Bridich +$0.0M
Zac Rosscup
Even trade
2017 · COL / PHI
COL · Jeff Bridich +$0.0M
Pat Neshek
PHI · Matt Klentak +$0.0M
Jose Gomez, J. D. Hammer, Alejandro Requena
Even trade

Current & Historical Payroll

2017 payroll
$107.1M
2018 guaranteed
$0M

What the front office was committed to as of 2017, 2017–2023. Guaranteed $ are contract commitments signed by 2017; arbitration & free-agent years are projected from service time. Hover a figure for its luxury-tax (CBT) & actual-cash values.

current $ guaranteed $ arbitration (proj) pre-arb (proj) free agent club option player option mutual option vesting option

Guaranteed / signed (9)

PlayerAgeSvc2017201820192020202120222023
Carlos González318.059$20.0MFREE AGENT
Ian Desmond317.027$8.0MFREE AGENT
Gerardo Parra307.145$8.0MFREE AGENT
Mike Dunn326.079$4.0MFREE AGENT
Chad Qualls3813.000$3.8MFREE AGENT
Pat Neshek368.159$2.6MFREE AGENT
Jonathan Lucroy316.136$2.0MFREE AGENT
Mark Reynolds339.138$1.5MFREE AGENT
Ryan Hanigan368.077$1.2MFREE AGENT

Arbitration-eligible (9)

PlayerAgeSvc2017201820192020202120222023
Nolan Arenado263.155$11.8MARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Charlie Blackmon304.102$7.3MARB 3FREE AGENT
Greg Holland315.028$6.0MFREE AGENT
Jake McGee305.127$5.9MFREE AGENT
DJ LeMahieu284.128$4.8MARB 3FREE AGENT
Tyler Chatwood275.039$4.4MFREE AGENT
Jordan Lyles265.020$2.8MFREE AGENT
Adam Ottavino315.087$2.1MFREE AGENT
Alexi Amarista285.040$1.1MFREE AGENT

Pre-arbitration (23)

PlayerAgeSvc2017201820192020202120222023
Chad Bettis282.096$545kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Chris Rusin302.092$545kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Cristhian Adames251.052$540kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jairo Díaz261.064$540kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tyler Anderson271.065$540kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tony Wolters251.000$540kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Trevor Story241.000$540kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Scott Oberg271.080$540kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jon Gray251.062$540kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Tom Murphy260.055$537kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Carlos Estévez240.162$537kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Germán Márquez220.027$537kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Stephen Cardullo290.038$535kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Kyle Freeland240.000$535kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Antonio Senzatela220.000$535kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Pat Valaika240.027$488kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Jeff Hoffman240.044$319kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Raimel Tapia230.031$292kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Dustin Garneau290.124$288kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Zac Rosscup292.105$147kARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Mike Tauchman260.000$132kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Ryan McMahon220.000$111kPre-ArbPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT
Shane Carle251.049$88kPre-ArbARB 1ARB 2ARB 3FREE AGENT

Graphs

How each 2017 acquisition stacked onto Rockies's playoff-odds curve. The side table is ranked by PPA.

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Decision-maker records extend to 1933; resource-controlled WAR and payroll metrics cover 1985–2026. Data sources include FanGraphs, Baseball-Reference, the Chadwick Bureau register, the Lahman Database, prospect rankings from Baseball America, MLB Pipeline, and FanGraphs, and public payroll records. Transaction and trade data was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Retrosheet. Executive birth/death data via Wikidata (CC0).
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